PDP New Yorker

About the PDP New Yorker

The New Yorker's sizing - 10-inch and 13-inch toms with a 16-inch bass drum rather than the 22-inch or larger bass drum found on standard kits - directly addresses the practical reality that many drummers, especially in dense urban housing, simply don't have room for a full-size kit. Its 5x14 snare stays at a fairly standard depth, keeping snare feel and tone close to what a drummer is used to even as the rest of the kit shrinks.

As a PDP product, the New Yorker benefits from parent company DW's drum-building expertise applied to a genuinely different market need than DW's own premium kits address - not a scaled-down professional instrument, but a purpose-built compact kit solving the specific problem of fitting real drums into a small city apartment or shared practice space.

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Sound character of the PDP New Yorker

The undersized 16-inch bass drum (versus the 20-22 inches typical on standard kits) moves less air, which raises its fundamental pitch and shortens sustain for a tighter, more focused low end rather than a deep, booming one - a deliberate trade-off for a kit built around small-space portability.

Technical data for the PDP New Yorker

The history of the PDP New Yorker

PDP's New Yorker addresses the specific need for a compact drum kit sized for small apartments and practice spaces, using deliberately smaller shell dimensions.